Brad Sherman is the Democratic incumbent for California's 32nd Congressional District and has served in the U.S. House since 1997. A tax lawyer and certified public accountant, he chaired the California State Board of Equalization before entering Congress. He serves on the Financial Services, Foreign Affairs, and Science, Space, and Technology committees.[1][2]
Sherman was born in Los Angeles, California, in 1954.[1] He earned a B.A. from UCLA in 1974, graduating summa cum laude, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1979, graduating magna cum laude, according to his official resume.[1][2][3] He is licensed as an attorney in California and certified by the State Bar as a Tax Law Specialist, and he is also a California certified public accountant (inactive).[2]
Sherman worked in the private sector from 1975 to 1990, including as an instructor in the Harvard Law School International Tax Program and as a staff member of a major CPA firm on audits of large businesses and government entities.[2] His resume says he also helped represent the Government of the Philippines in an effort to seize assets of former President Ferdinand Marcos.[2] He served on the board of California Common Cause from 1985 to 1989.[2]
Sherman served on the California State Board of Equalization, the state's elected tax commission, from 1991 to 1996, and was its chairman from 1991 to 1995.[2][3] His official biography says that as a board member he led the fight to repeal the so-called snack tax.[3] He first took office in the U.S. House in 1997, representing California's 24th District until 2003 and the 27th and then 32nd Districts thereafter, per Ballotpedia, which lists his current tenure from 2003.[1][2]
Sherman serves on the Financial Services Committee and the Foreign Affairs Committee (both since 1997), and on the Science, Space, and Technology Committee (1998-1999, 2003-2007, and 2019 to present).[2] He chaired the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and Nonproliferation during the 116th Congress and co-chairs the CPA and Accountants Caucus.[2]
Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21.
